[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 176 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5195]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1357. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 662, to 
amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to 
improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Block Grant Assistance Act 
     of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                   2023, AMENDMENT.

       Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117-328; 136 Stat. 5201), 
     is amended, in the matter under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     AGRICULTURE--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS--Processing, Research and 
     Marketing--office of the secretary'' , by inserting ``: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     provide assistance for losses described under this heading in 
     this Act in the form of block grants to eligible States and 
     territories'' before the period at the end.

     SEC. 3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

       Amounts repurposed under the amendment made by section 2 
     that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. 
     Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
     the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 
     1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
     Representatives on June 8, 2022, are designated by the 
     Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).

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